- Philips and Regional Medical Center announce a 5-year, $16M long-term strategic partnership to deliver diagnostic imaging solutions to support patient care for residents of rural South Carolina. - The partnership gives community health system access to the same innovative Philips diagnostic imaging solutions of larger networks, bringing quality care closer to home and delivering on the Quadruple Aim.Regional Medical Center (RMC), the only acute care provider serving Orangeburg, Calhoun,
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Geisinger, Medial EarlySign Advances to First Stage of CMS AI Health Outcomes Challenge
- Geisinger Health was recently named by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services among the 25 candidates advancing to the first stage of its AI Health Outcomes challenge.- The CMS AI Health Outcomes challenge provides innovators with the opportunity to demonstrate how AI tools may be implemented to predict health outcomes and keep patients healthy in hopes of more AI tools being considered for potential use in CMS Innovation Center payment and service delivery models. Geisinger, an
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MaxQ AI Integrates With Philips CT System for Hospitals & Radiology Departments
- MaxQ AI’s ACCIPIO® ICH and stroke software will be integrated on Philips CT systems and will be available to hospitals and radiology departments throughout the U.S. and E.U.MaxQ AI, an Israeli-based medical diagnostic AI company announced that the company’s Accipio intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and stroke software will be integrated on Philips’ computed tomography (CT) systems. MaxQ AI will be demonstrating the company’s full suite of Accipio solutions during the upcoming Radiological Society
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AMA Launches Practice Transformation Initiative to Combat Physician Burnout
- The American Medical Association (AMA) launches Practice Transformation Initiative to combat the root causes of physician burnout and dissatisfaction.- The Practice Transformation Initiative will support research and advance evidence-based solutions by collaborating with organizations who are committed to the practice transformation journey.- Initiative features the Physicians Foundation supporting the engagement of interested state medical societies that will recruit health systems and
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Rite Aid’s New CEO, CommonSpirit Health Appoints First Chief Information and Digital Officer, Geisinger’s Chief Nursing Exec, Other Health IT Appointments
Rite Aid Corporation appoints Heyward Donigan as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a member of the Board, effective immediately. John Standley will step down from his role as chief executive officer. Prior to joining Rite Aid, Donigan served as the president and chief executive officer of Sapphire Digital (formerly Vitals), which designs and develops omnichannel platforms that help consumers choose their best-fit healthcare providers.
Since 2015, Donigan lead Sapphire Digital's strategy and
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Cerner Names Amazon Web Services (AWS) As Preferred Cloud Provider
Cerner names Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider to power enhanced clinical experiences, etc.Cerner Corporation (CERN) today announced a multi-faceted, strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, to accelerate healthcare innovation across the globe including naming AWS its preferred cloud provider. This expanded relationship is expected to power enhanced clinical experiences, increase efficiencies by lowering operational burdens for
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Tele-ICU: Advancing from Triple Aim to Quad Aim with Improved Critical Care Team Satisfaction
Tele-ICU is increasingly being recognized for its ability to improve the satisfaction of high-acuity care teams, which can ultimately impact the ability to enhance patient outcomes.
Since 2007, hospitals and healthcare systems in the U.S. have been driving toward a common set of goals: The Triple Aim. This model broadly calls for enhancing the patient experience, improving population health, and reducing the per capita cost of healthcare. This capstone objective for the healthcare system was
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Why Clinician Burnout Is A Public Health Crisis Demanding Urgent Action
Clinician burnout is a public crisis that demands urgent action, according to a new Spok survey on the prevalence of clinician burnout. In April 2019, Spok asked 474 clinical staff members at hospitals and health systems across the U.S. their insights on clinician burnout. The survey reveals 92% of clinicians called burnout “a public health crisis,” yet many report their organizations are not implementing recommended strategies to address it.Understand The Impact of Clinician BurnoutBurnout is
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Analysis: Philips’ Evolution to a Pure-play Healthcare Technology Vendor
The last two-to-three years we have seen Philips complete its transformation into a pure-play healthcare technology vendor. It has reduced its interest in its remaining non-healthcare business Philips Lighting/Signify (now owning only a 16.5% share), made 16 healthcare technology acquisitions since the start of 2017 and organized its internal business units into three core healthcare technology segments, Personal Health, Diagnosis & Treatment and Connected Care. A few weeks ago, several of
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Physician Practices Strategy to Developing A Strong Chronic Care Management (CCM) Program
More than three years have passed since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced its separately billable non-face-to-face Chronic Care Management (CCM) service. This was intended to help more than two-thirds of individuals on Medicare who suffer from multiple conditions receive more coordinated, regular primary care. The hope was that a focus on managing chronic conditions would contribute to better outcomes for overall population health, improve individual access to
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